Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
It was October 7, 1967 The festival in Filbert Ridge, Oregon, came early, and many wondered if they had followed the usual tradition of celebrating the hazelnut harvest on the second Saturday of October, perhaps things would have gone in a different direction. Instead, town history and the lives of its citizens changed forever. That…
Pull Up a Chair & Settle in with Me! Happy October! I can’t believe how quickly 2026 is flying by. Can you believe it’s been a year since my eye surgeries? Some days, I still find myself marveling at the difference. I truly feel like I got my life back. The joy is constant, like…
Julie’s Note: The Gleaner’s Song releases in early 2027. Be sure to follow Paula K. Parker’s social media and book links below to stay connected. Tidbits from my research for THE GLEANER’S SONG: The Story of Ruth When I began pondering writing a novel about Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz, I read the Book of Ruth…
October 2026 New ReleasesMore in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Children’s/Middle-Grade Chapter Books: Charly’s Volcano by Lorisa D. Wiedenheft — It’s the fall of 1993 in small-town North Carolina. Twelve-year-old Charly is in seventh grade and excited to be in junior high. But then her best friends…
Imagine your living room starts shaking. Not like it would in an earthquake. It’s a tremble, more than a shake, a movement so gentle that you don’t recall when it began. But it’s certainly not your imagination—the dog whines and attempts to crawl under the sofa, even though he hasn’t fit under there for five…
The Booked for Love anthology started with a post in a Facebook readers group. Right there in the middle of it all, a woman typed out a question no one expected. Does anyone know a sweet, book-loving girl who might want to meet my brother-in-law? The group members loved it. So many people commented, and…